"I worked extremely hard every single day": Andy Murray 'proud' of his effort to overcome ankle injury ahead of French Open
ATPSaturday, 25 May 2024 at 12:00
Britain’s tennis star Andy Murray has revealed that he is ‘proud’
of making to another French Open. The 36-year-old struggled with fitness concerns
throughout his career and it was because of this reason, he announced retirement
after the 2018 Australian Open.
However, Murray miraculously returned to the court after
some time and is still playing at the highest level. The three-time Grand Slam
winner suffered an ankle injury in March earlier this year, which ruled him out
of action for a couple of months and also raised doubts about his participation
at the Roland Garros.
Murray, who has managed to return to full fitness and is set
to take part in the upcoming mega-event where he will face Switzerland’s veteran
tennis star Stan Wawrinka in the opening round on Sunday, was recently quoted
in a report where he stated that he is ‘proud’ of making to another French Open
despite having to face severe fitness challenges and revealed that he worked
extremely hard off-the-court which has paid dividends.
"Initially I was expecting to miss the French and not
play any clay at all,” he said. "So to be here and feeling pretty healthy,
and the ankle being good, is a huge bonus. I was surprised with that because I
could quite easily have felt sorry for myself, taken a break and not done the
rehab as well as I did.
Andy Murray will face Switzerland’s veteran tennis star Stan Wawrinka in the opening round of the French Open on Sunday.
"I’m proud of that. It would have been easy to have
looked at it a different way, and I worked really hard to get back, and that’s
one of the reasons why I was able to come back a bit sooner than I
anticipated.”
"I was surprised how I was during the rehab - I felt
really, really motivated. I worked extremely hard every single day with my team
and physio, there were no breaks or holidays to feel sorry for myself. I just
did the work."
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